Solution-Focused RTI

Linda Metcalf, M.Ed., Ph.D., a former classroom teacher and school counselor, is a professor and the director of School Counseling at Texas Wesleyan University. She is the author of seven books, including Counseling Toward Solutions, Second Edition from Jossey-Bass. Metcalf presents workshops on the solution-focused approach across the United States and internationally.

• About This Book. About the Author.Also by Linda Metcalf.Acknowledgments.Introduction.TIER I: CORE INSTRUCTION FOR ALL STUDENTS.1 Simple Addition: Doing Things Diff erently Adds Up to Change.An Elementary Discovery.Intermediate Revelation.Raising the Bar and Rating the Middle School.High School Miracle.Turning Chaos into Compliments: A School Counselor Creates the Opportunity.Education Unleashed!New Focus, New Process, New Results.Chapter Perspectives to Consider.2 Famous People with Educational Challenges: Priceless Lessons for RTI.Famous People Who Made It!Strategies as Unique as Students’ Learning Differences: Discoveries That Work.More Revelations.Solution-Focused RTI and Diverse Populations.Chapter Perspectives to Consider.3 Who Says the Square Peg Must Fit?Systemic Perspective: The Hierarchical Leader of the School Leads the Pack.Classroom Perspective: Engaging Students in the Solution.Community Perspective: Getting Parents on Board as Experts.Solution-Focused RTI Applications.Chapter Perspectives to Consider.4 Guidelines for Solution-Focused RTI.Put on a New Set of Lenses in Order to See Students Differently.Suggestions for Beginning the Solution-Focused Approach to RTI.Advertising Success: An Exercise.Core Ideas in the Practice of Solution-Focused RTI.Solution-Focused RTI at a Glance.Chapter Perspectives to Consider.TIER II: TARGETED INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS.5 Flipping the Coin in Education.It's Your Call.Conversation Template for Solution-Focused RTI.How the Process Works.Steps That Create a Solution-Focused Direction.Flipping the Coin: A 504 Meeting.504 Conversation for Success.504 Meeting Summary for Teachers—Sample.504 Meeting Summary for Teachers.Chapter Perspectives to Consider.6 Parent Conferences That Collaborate Instead of Intimidate: Level A.Focus on Solutions: Level A Conversation.Solution-Focused RTI Conversation: Level A.Exception Findings: Level A.Follow Up After Three Weeks.Chapter Perspectives to Consider.7 The Team Approach in Solution-Focused RTI: Level B.Focus on Solutions: Level B Conversation.Exception Observations: Level B.Solution-Focused RTI Conversation: Level B.Exception Findings: Level B.More Than a Meeting.Case Example: Leticia.Chapter Perspectives to Consider.TIER III: INTENSIVE INDIVIDUALIZED INTERVENTIONS.8 The Solution-Focused Assessment: Seeking Strengths and Abilities at Level C.Focus on What Works.Exception Observations: Level C.Make the Findings Exceptional.Solution-Focused RTI Conversation: Level C.A Solution-Focused IEP.Exception Findings: Level C.Solution-Focused Individualized Education Plan (IEP).Chapter Perspectives to Consider.9 The Exceptional Elementary School (Sarah Switzer).Tier I.Student Survey.Tier I in Action.Tier II.Learning Feedback.Tier II In Action.Tier III.Tier III in Action.RTI Documentation: Tier I Intervention.RTI Documentation: Tier II Intervention.RTI Documentation: Tier III Intervention.Chapter Perspectives to Consider.10 Intermediate School Solutions: Steps to the Future (Patti Gatlin).Invisible Problems at Work.Transition Years.The School Counselor and Tier I.Tier II Counseling Interventions in RTI.Tier III Interventions.The Role of Refl ection in Solution-Focused RTI.Reprise.Chapter Perspectives to Consider.11 Opening the Door to Possibilities in High School (Cassie Reid).The Possibility Door Can Be Heavy.So Open a Familiar Door.Everyone Is Reachable and Teachable.A Different Kind of Data.Underdogs Get the Bone.Where Is the Key? Tier.Sometimes Opportunity’s Door Has a Couple of Locks: Tier II.Stop, Think, and Dream About a Miracle.Keeping the Door Open to Opportunity.Chapter Perspectives to Consider.12 Getting Buy-In.Risk New Ways of Relating for Better Results.Start at the Top.Start with a Miracle by Asking for One.More Exercises to Create Buy-In.Proceed to Level A, B, and C.Stay Focused on Implementation.Buy-In Exercise: The Miracle School.The eBay Exercise.How to Focus Your Conversation on Solutions.Solution-Focused RTI at a Glance.Chapter Perspectives to Consider.Afterword.Appendix A: Reproducible Forms to Help with the RTI Process.Appendix B: Internet Resources.References.Index.